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A day after unveiling Pontes, its system for settling tokenised assets in central bank money, the ECB has set out how it wants Europe’s crypto rulebook rewritten. The response, published on Tuesday by the European System of Central Banks, which groups the ECB with the EU’s national central banks, argues for tougher rules on stablecoins, staking and crypto firms. It feeds into the European Commission’s review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, known as MiCA, the EU’s rulebook for cryptocurrencies and the firms that trade them. MiCA has applied since December 2024, and the last transitional deadline for existing operators…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 The White House has launched ‘Trump TV’, revealing a 24/7 platform streaming Trump administration events. This comes after Donald Trump revoked White House press credentials from reporters with CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Trump barred reporters and photographers from the three news outlets “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” According to the White House, Trump TV will feature “top past moments, announcements, and the latest and greatest from the administration all in one place.” In its social media post, the White House added: “Not every big moment has made it on…
Paris launched a surprise campaign earlier this month calling for sanctions to be dropped on mining and telecommunications billionaire Usmanov and citing a “national security” issue at play. Luxembourg, meanwhile, had long been asking for the de-listing of banking magnate Fridman, who is suing the country for access to assets frozen by the Grand Duchy. “It is done,” said one of the diplomats. “The question is what Baltic countries got in return.”The agreement, reached in a meeting of ambassadors behind closed doors, will take effect if capitals submit their written consent by 6 p.m. Three-year extension A number of other…
The European Union has agreed to remove Uzbek-Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov from its sanctions list after fraught negotiations that saw France link his delisting to a prisoner release with Azerbaijan, unsettling Brussels. A second Russian oligarch, Mikhail Fridman, was also removed after Slovakia vetoed his continued listing, several diplomats told Euronews. Luxembourg had argued that if Usmanov was removed, Fridman should be too. Fridman has filed a $16 billion claim against Luxembourg over his frozen assets. As a result of the changes, the asset freeze and the travel ban will be lifted. Ambassadors sealed the compromise on Tuesday after two…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 17:03 GMT+2•Updated 17:05 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced on Tuesday that a new group of American troops was heading to Lithuania. “I have just received confirmation that the new rotation of U.S. troops is already on its way,” Nausėda wrote in a post on social media, while also thanking the Trump administration for the decision. “The U.S. military presence in Lithuania is an indispensable part of our deterrence and collective defence,” he said, adding that the move was “important not only for Lithuania, but also for the security of the entire region.” It comes despite repeated…
Spain’s farming sector on Tuesday piled all the pressure on the government. The leaders of Asaja, COAG, UPA, Unión de Uniones and Cooperativas Agroalimentarias sat down with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, to demand “immediate” direct aid to help the sector survive the surge in production costs unleashed by the war in Iran, a conflict which, they warn, puts the country’s food sovereignty at risk. The meeting comes after Asaja, COAG and UPA announced on Friday that they will take to the streets if the government fails to act on what they describe as a “critical”…
Albania’s tourism story is unlike any other. Closed off to the world for decades under the rule of dictator Enver Hoxha, foreign tourists began to slowly trickle in after his death and the fall of communism. Today, the number of visitors has soared – in 2025, arrivals hit 11.9 million, up 3.3% year-on-year but up 93.6% compared to 2019, according to UN Tourism. There’s no one single factor that has led to this meteoric rise, although we imagine the sheer number of travel publications referring to the Balkan nation as the “Maldives of Europe” (including Euronews Travel) has had something…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2•Updated 16:28 Actor and director Arnaud Denis, left severely disabled after the insertion of an anti-hernia implant, chose to end his life by euthanasia in Belgium on Tuesday at the age of 43 to put a stop to his suffering, his lawyer Philippe Courtois told AFP. “The decision taken by Arnaud Denis was made in consultation with three doctors in Namur. His body could no longer carry him. He had lost control of it. Arnaud Denis’s death is the consequence of the intense pain he had been enduring for many months,” he added. Best known…
“Why is he at Gracie Mansion [the official mayoral residence] with a socialist mayor of New York City yesterday, whose views ostensibly are anathema to everything Trump and Trumpism is about? It’s very easy; Trump doesn’t care about Mamdani’s politics. He’s young, he’s good-looking, he’s articulate — he’s hot. He’s the new item. That’s what Trump cares about.” Trump “wants to be with the winners of life. He doesn’t care who you are. It could be Zohran Mamdani or [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, right? If you’re cool in the moment, if you’re part of the in club, man, he wants…